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Pakistan, America are theocratic countries, India is secular, says Rajnath
Our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family, said Rajnath
How Kejriwal's AAP and Modi's BJP are strikingly similar, and yet different
The two offer the same package - personality cult, populist schemes, inflated claims, etc - but the hard edge to BJP's communalism is missing in AAP, a difference we should celebrate, writes T N Ninan
USCIRF to hold hearing on religious freedom in India on December 12
A US federal commission mandated to review facts and circumstances of violation of international religious freedom will hold a hearing on freedom of religion or belief in India next week. The hearing titled 'Freedom of Religion or Belief in India: Rising Challenges & New Opportunities for US Policy,' on December 12 will examine challenges to religious freedom and explore opportunities for US policymakers to encourage the protection of freedom of religion or belief in India, Tenzin Dorjee, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said on Tuesday. The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission created in 1998, that reviews religious freedom violations abroad and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress. India has previously rejected USCIRF report while maintaining that its Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all its citizens including the right to freedom of religion. India
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Vegetarianism and secularism
We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced
At UN body, India says it is secular with no state religion
Mukul Rohatgi said constitution includes provisions for protection of rights, interest of minorities
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Secularism of Cong, Left euphemism for hating Hindutva: Joshi
Joshi, who was a minister in Vajpayee government, stressed the need for a thorough debate on issues of nationalism and secularism
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